ཚ་འཕ་བ་ཇ་ལྟར་འགྱར་བ་ཞས་པའ་མད notes.3

notes.3

3. Note that the Tibetan term mes po is often used in the sūtra to simply mean “grandfather,” but in other places the sūtra clearly uses it to mean “ancestor.” It is attested in the Mahāvyutpatti 3880 and in other glossaries as the equivalent of pitāmaha (paternal grandfathers), which can also mean simply the pitṛ or “ancestors.” See Monier-Williams, s.v. pitāmaha.